Hi Crafters! It has been a while since we posted a new launch tutorial so here goes! You won't want to miss this fabulous collection from Sara – Glamour, and it certainly lives up to its name.
Glamour is launching on Hochanda May 1st and of course the wonderful Sara Davies will be hosting the shows! We're excited! You'll be able to buy from here on Tuesday 2nd May.
Here's a massive sneak peek and fun tutorial from Linda! Don't forget to send in your photos if you recreate this lovely card!
Steps to create this...

Hello Crafters! We hope you have a another craft filled week and what a amazing week it has been with some fantastic new releases! Did any of you treat yourselves to any of our new products? This week in store we have been getting so excited for Easter ! We have some great craft items for Easter.
Have you seen the brand new Easter Groovi plates and Pergamano Multi Grids from Claritystamp? These projects can be created with the plates and grids and we think they are fabulous! We've got the new plates and multi grids available in store now...

Hello Crafters! We hope you have had another craft filled week! In this weeks blog post we have information about our coffee afternoon for the great Aycliffe cancer support group. As well as a sneak peek at some of our fantastic new products.
New Products in store & coming soon!
Our new 'Sew Inspired' magazine is available in store, packed full of inspiration and demo's! We also some fantastic offers and discounts , so even if your new to sewing or have been sewing for years don't miss out! Pop into store and pick your copy up now!
We...

This week we are celebrating friendship and have asked you to get in touch with us on Facebook to share your friendship stories with us. Would a friend or loved one love this floral spring card? Create a stunning circular friendship card following the talented Suzi's tutorial.
Goodies needed to create this stunning card:
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Steps to create your circular friendship card:
One: Gather the dies, papers and glues necessary to create the card, you will need to score and burnish one of the A4 white linen cards to A5 size
using the largest circular die add...

Hello crafter's! We hope you have had another craft filled week, what items have you created this week? We some exciting news this week, today our Valentines picks has launched and our craft celebrities such as Sara, Leann and Sheena have each chosen products from the range they love the most and we have given our customers some fantastic discounts on these products!
The Valentines Picks
Sara- 25% off Birthday Party
Leann- 25% off Colorista
Sheena- 50% off Homelife
Leonie-50% off Entwined
Debbie S-10% off Makower and Dashwood linea papillon altitude
Debbie F-30% off 2016...

Hello crafters! Can you believe that January is nearly over ? Have you all stuck to your new years resolutions? We're feeling the love going into February at the Aycliffe Store. Have you seen our new classes for February? We have some amazing classes available to create a lovely handmade gift for your loved one. There is a class for everyone so don't delay book you place now.
Classes in review
This week was once again filled with classes and fun. We started the week with Bernie Corner's 'create a car tidy' sewing class, this class was lots of fun and...

Shaker cards are such fun to make and so easy too! Designer Ann-Marie shows you just how easy they are to make in her tutorial below! Just change the colour from blue to pink for a new baby girl and of course you could make it in neutral colours if your making cards without knowing beforehand if the baby is a boy or girl!
Directions:
Step 1 To start you will need a 6 x 6 card base. Trim a sheet of ‘Fresh Blue’ Centura Pearl cardstock to measure 14.5 cm x 14.5 cm...

Create a piece of home decor either for yourself or as a gift. Designer Gemma has had lots of fun playing with Gilding Wax to create this gorgeous tissue box! You could make this in colours to fit in with your home too, just change the papers! Have fun making one too, let's begin!
Directions:
Step 1: Cover an MDF tissue box blank with book paper, and rub gilding wax around the edges.
Step 2: Cut five square of card to fit the top and sides of the box, emboss them...

For those of you who open Door no.24 on the Crafter's Companion UK advent calendar this year will see what the boys and I have been making at home! Their Christmas crafts are so impressive. Oliver got really stuck in and little Charlie was so good at supervising!
Apologies I didn't share all of these Christmas crafts sooner so you could give them a go! We are giving these crafts as presents this Christmas Eve and I didn't want to spoil the surprise!
We've been making yummy gingerbread and chocolates (peppermint creams this year!) - a tradition in the...

The fantastic, versatile and stylish Just for Men Collection by Sara Davies will be on offer until Midnight Sunday 18th! Jen has kindly provided a tutorial for us to show you just what you can do with some of the amazing papers, dies, stamps and embossing folders found in the collection! Click here to see the full range!
Directions to create:
Step 1: Cut a piece of card measuring 5x7 then mark the score lines as above to guide cutting. Score a 3x5 rectangle centrally (one inch in all the way around). Position the piece of...

Afternoon Crafters! We held our first Crafternoon last Friday in store all in aid of raising money for the Mind Charity. All that attended thoroughly enjoyed themselves and got to get involved with make and takes, using our core products at Crafter's Companion and much more. The Colorista range was very popular with everyone as you can see from the photos below. Some of the ladies that came had not used some of the Spectrum Noir markers before and were impressed with the new Illustrator marker pens and the lovely Sparkle pens.
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Hello Crafter's and a big huge warm welcome to Chesterfield's very first dip into blog land.
Since opening our doors on September 15th this year its been a super busy exciting time with lots going off in store from the Official Launch with Sara Davies to Crafter's Companion 11th Birthday week, a VIP night and a ladies night.... and we are just catching our breath back after the Black Friday event!
Our ladies night was held last Thursday where we had make and takes on the go throughout the evening and had a demonstration of the Gemini die-cutting &amp...

Create a fun card full of Christmas sparkle and detail and folds flat for postage! Follow Laine's fun and festive tutorial showing you how to create a Sara Davies Contemporary Christmas Collection diorama card. You could make this card with different papers and die cuts and create many different occasion cards too!
Steps to create:
Step 1: Cut 3 pieces of card 2 x 10.5cm by 21cm and 1 x 10.5cm by 16cm.
Step 2: Score at 5cm on each end of the longer pieces. Score at 2.5cm on each end of shorter piece. Re-enforce sharp fold...